I have to present a poem I wrote about the beach along with music (no lyrics) what would be a good selection?

We have finally arrived at our beachside escape,
We get out of the car and view the dazzling ocean landscape,

The air is filled with a fragrance of strong sea salt,
The sun is sweltering while burning the black, charcoal asphalt,

My sister and I dash into the elegant and yellow ocean side beach home,
From the back you can see the creamy, ocean foam,

We go to the stunning beach with our towels and all,
Walking very briskly, hoping to stay until nightfall

The sand is luscious silk in between your toes,
Building castles, playing volleyball and taking many photos

Hearing other children playing in the distance,
While watching the opalescent ocean and its brilliance,

The pier, with its large wooden beams made to withstand the wrath of the powerful ocean,
Populated by ice cream vendors and eager little children both creating lots of commotion

Alot more......... cant fit it all





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i love it, i'd suggest some sort of steel-drum thing, tho i dont know any names of songs, sorry!





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if you know how to playguitar i would play a pattern of C-G-C-E with a strummin pattern of down down up down up and sing the song slow. example

[C]We have fin[G]ally arrived[C] at our beachside [E]escape,
We[C]get out [G]of the car and [C]view the dazzling ocean lands[E]cape,
The air[C] is filled with a [G]fragrance [C]of strong sea[E] salt,
The[C]sun is sweltering[G] while burn[C]ing the black, char[E]coal asphalt

if you dont play guitar get someone to play it for you or i could record the guitar parts and you could play that while you read the poem.

Have you seen this article by Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller is not Jewish and uses comedy to share some brilliant
comments.
He recently had the following to say about the Middle East situation:
"A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service
to all Americans who still don't get it, I now offer you the story of
the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, which is all you Really need.
Here we go:
The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing about
that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was
called Palestine for two thousand years. Like "Wiccan," "Palestinian"
sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis
won the land in the 1967 war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, the West Bank was
owned by Jordan, and there were no "Palestinians."
As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as
basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Palestinians," weeping
for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation."
So for the sake of honesty, let's not use the word "Palestinian" any
more to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our
defeats until someone points out they're being taped. Instead, let's
call them what they are: "Other Arabs Who Can't Accomplish Anything In
Life And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of
Eternal Struggle And Death."
I know that's a bit unwieldy to expect to see on CNN. How about this,
then: "Adjacent Jew-Haters." Okay, so the Adjacent Jew-Haters want
their own country. Oops, just one more thing: No, they don't. They
could've had their own country any time in the last thirty years,
especially two years ago at Camp David. But if you have your own
country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage trucks and Chambers
of Commerce, and, worse, you actually have to figure out some way to
make a living.
That's no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew-Haters in the region
want: Israel. They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course
--that's where the real fun is -- but mostly they want Israel.
Why? For one thing, trying to destroy Israel - or "The Zionist Entity"
as their textbooks call it -- for the last fifty years has allowed the
rulers of Arab countries to divert the attention of their own people
away from the fact that they're the blue-ribbon most illiterate,
poorest, and tribally backward on God's Earth, and if you've ever been
around God's Earth, you know that's really saying something.
It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits waxes poetic
about the great history and culture of the Muslim Mideast. Unless I'm
missing something, the Arabs haven't given anything to the world since
Algebra, and, by the way, thanks a hell of a lot for that one.
Chew this around and spit it out: Five hundred million Arabs; five
Million Jews. Think of all the Arab countries as a football field, and
Israel as a pack of matches sitting in the middle of it. And now these
same folks swear that if Israel gives them half of that pack of matches,
everyone will be pals..
Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the string of wars to
obliterate the tiny country and the constant din of rabid blood oaths to
drive every Jew into the sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding.
My friend, Kevin Rooney, made a gorgeous point the other day: Just
reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred million Jews and five million
Arabs. I was stunned at the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone
picture the Jews strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to
themselves? Of course not.
Or marshaling every fiber and force at their disposal for generations to
drive a tiny Arab State into the sea? Nonsense. Or dancing for joy at
the murder of innocents? Impossible. Or spreading and believing
horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the blood of
children?
Disgusting.
No, as you know, left to themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews
would ever do to people is debate them to death.
Mr. Bush, God bless him, is walking a tightrope. I understand that with
vital operations in Iraq and others, it's in our interest, as Americans,
to try to stabilize our Arab allies as much as possible, and, after all,
that can't be much harder than stabilizing a roomful of super models
who've just had their drugs taken away
However, in any big-picture strategy, there's always a danger of losing
moral weight. We've already lost some. After September 11th our
president told us and the world he was going to root out all terrorists
and the countries that supported them. Beautiful. Then the Israelis,
after months and months of having the equivalent of an Oklahoma City
every week (and then every day) start to do the same thing we did, and
we tell them to show restraint.
If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City every day, we would
all very shortly be screaming for the administration to just be done
with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of the
Jordan.

Additional Details

This diatribe is actually part of a column by humorist Larry Miller which appeared in the Daily Standard on 22 April 2002. It is a reaction piece to a 10 April 2002 FOX News Network
interview conducted by Greta van Susteren with Ishmael Abu-Shanab, spokesman for the Hamas political wing in the Gaza strip, and American attorney Stanley Cohen, who has represented the head of Hamas





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Actually, the author of this brilliant piece is Larry (not Dennis) Miller, also a comedian.

Carnival Liberty or Brilliance of the seas (royal carribean)?

Which is better and how are the teen programs on both




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Carnival Liberty, but I am partial. Carnival is cheaper, and I have never had a problem with any of their cruises.





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Both lines have stepped up their programs regarding teen programs. Which line you choose may depend upon the final dollar figure. Carnival is more relaxed than RCCL which is great for teens. Carnival has well supervised programs and as others have mentioned, the success of the programs depends when you are travelling and if there will be other teens on board. Royal Caribbean has fine programs and many are geared toward the teen as an individual. Check directly with both lines or have your travel agent get specifics for you. If you are travelling when school is out, then I would choose Carnival. If it is when school is in session, then Royal Caribbean.





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I just got back from a vacation on the Carnival Liberty. They have a nightclub specifically for teens and an arcade. Our vacation was during the school year, so it was almost always empty or just a few teens - during school breaks I hear it is packed. For us as adults it was a dream vacation. I am partial to Carnival because of the prices, I just can't imagine anything nicer though I know they are out there. Your teens may like the Royal Carribbean rock wall and ice skating though - we didn't really have any use for that for our family.





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I've sailed on both.. but like carnival more.... as for the teen programs.. can't be of any help... sorry





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Carnival Liberty

Carnival's teen program is great and divided into two groups to gear the activity better
I have a teen and He love the program at Carnival.

What do you think of my short story-im not sure how to paragraph and will find out so please bear with me?

I was searching through my attic yesterday and found this very old painting.It was of a seascape and looked remarkably beautiful.It showed a lighthouse in the distance and a ship at sea.I felt maybe it was done for an ancestor of mine or maybe an ancestor even painted it.Either way i had to learn of the mystery surrounding it asap. I left it alone and went down to my kitchen and picked up a magazine.As i was flipping through the pages i saw what appeared to be the painting but it was mildly different. I looked at the artist who did this work and wrote her name down.As i searched the net i found a website for her and contacted her on this prized art of mine to see if she had actually drew it or had commissioned it. She said she hadnt and it was another good artist with similar tastes as i had sent her a scan of it.Well she then called back a day later and announced she had a hit of the artist as they won a contest in the same magazine i mentioned with a grand prize of 5,000.This was the annual award for best new artistic talent.It was a relative of mine who had passed away a short time ago.She never had any real artistic ability as far as i remembered.So it was a strange thing indeed. She somehow managed to make such a fabulous and visually stunning work that i thought it looked professional enough to be sold at a top art gallery.I even tried to paint the scene myself and im a good amateur artist but nothing even close to this brilliance. So after putting down the canvas and paints i decided to ask my family if they knew Aunt Milly to be an artist as it was def her work.Or someone pretending to be her.I could tell by the many samples left behind which werent bad but not even as good as this work.They were not sure as i had them over for coffee.The six of us chatted for about an hour as to the art and her life.After many hugs we departed and that was that for the family reunion. Still i needed to know how she came up with this awesome painting.I then decided to look in the attic again for any valuable clues.As i opened a sock draw i came across an envelope and it had a letter inside. It read,Dearest Gertrude,i hope all is well when you read this letter.I had a hunch you would one day find this letter as the painting was in an obvious place.Keep it all the days you live and cherish it as its from my heart to yours.I painted it all myself but enlisted in art lessons to aid me in this endeavor.Im not the artist type at all but did practice for several moths before finally getting a fine line for drawing,love milly.So that solved the caper and even if it hadnt anything to do with her hand id still call it a keepsake and never sell it,some things you just cannot assess a pricetag on or swap for anything.





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I agree with the first comment: it needs a lot of work, but the idea is captivating!

Grammar, punctuation and word choice are among the things you need to work on. Once these are taken care of, you might want to tear it apart, sentence-by-sentence, making sure it all makes sense, that every word is necessary (if not, delete!) and that you have given enough clues that the intelligent reader can follow you, yet not so many that you give it away.

Keep us posted!

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I think it needs work, no offense. First of all, it seems to start from the middle of nowhere. Why was she searching through the attic? It also needs a story line, a setting a plot, and a theme. I got lost in the beginning. If she was bent on solving the mystery, why did she suddenly leave it to read a magazine? It also had many spelling mistakes. I think you need to work more on the story.

I liked the idea though, the fact that she was trying to solve a mystery surrounding a painting she found. I think you can make this story better, you just have to try.

We're thinking of a cruise in the Mediterranean next Autumn on RC ship 'Brilliance of the seas'.....

from Barcelona stopping at Villefranche, Florence, Rome, Mykonas, Kusudasi, Athens, Santorini and Naples.

Has anyone been on this cruise before?
What's the age group like - is it mixed?
Any tips/info?





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We did that exact cruise in October 2 years ago. It was a fabulous cruise. The ship is outstanding, my favorite of all of the Royal Caribbean ships.

The crowd of people on the ship was mixed, mostly folks 30's to 60's and not many kids. The time of year pretty much keeps families with kids from going.

In the first port stop of Villefranche we did the tour that went to the Medieval city of Eze and then to Monaco and the Monte Carlo casino. The Eze part was OK and so was the Monaco part, but don't pay the $10 per person to go inside the casino. Its not worth it, plus you cannot take pictures inside.

In Florence we did the walking tour of the city and also a stop at Pisa. That was a good tour. In Rome we toured the Vatican City and Sistean Chapel and the went to the Colliseium. All of that was good but the tours take all day because the port is an hour from Rome. I do not recommend trying to do Rome on your own, you may get caught in traffic and miss the ship's departure.

In Naples we toured Pompeii and that as good. In Athens we took a tour to the Acropolis and then through the city of Athens. The Acropolis part I liked best. In Kusudasi we went to the Biblical city of Ephesus and that was aweing and outstanding. In Santorini we went on a tour of the island and then to a winery. On Mykonos we did not do a tour , just walked around the town.

First, because of all of the historical sites to see the cruise can be very tiring. Many tours last all day and depending on the arrangement of ports stops you can be off the ship all day on consecutive days. But, if you go that far you do not want to miss the historical sights. If you decide to skips ships tours and go on your own its best to do that in Mykonos and Santorini. The other places involve a bus ride to the attractions, or a tour or taxi.


In Barcelona and the cities in Italy you have to watch out for pickpockets and Gypsies. Keep your money and valuables inside your clothes, not just in your pocket. If you give money to one Gypsie, others will show up with their hands out. So even though they look so sad, its an act and just ignore them.
Sometimes the pickpockets will disguise themselves (with a camera hanging around their neck) as tourists. So don't let people who are not in your tour group get close to you.

All of the port stops that this cruise makes, except Turkey right now, use the Euro. So it would be a good idea to buy some Euros before you leave for the trip. You will need some as soon as you get to Barcelona to pay a taxi to the ship. Unless you plan to make some big purchases in Turkey, no need to buy that currency. If you decide you want some you can get it on the ship at the purser's desk. The owners of the markets in Kusudasi will come out of their shops to invite you in; very pushy. If you do not plan on spending but a few dollars there you can probably use US dollars or Euros.

The Mediterranian cruise is tops on my list of over 15 cruises we have been on. You will enjoy it and the ship.

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I would ask your question on www.holidaytruths.co.uk for more information. We've visited those ports, except Rome, and they're great, although you can find advice about getting to Rome on HT as it's quite a long way from the port. As for RCI ships, we've been on the Navigator of the Seas and there was a real mixed bunch, all ages. I'm certain you'll have a fantastic time.





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been round the med a few times and going again at the end of sept. cant speak of R.C...cos weve always gone with p&o,and there fantastic. im not going too much into detail,because im a one fingered typist ...so if youre really interested e-mail me...and as for dave p...getting a injection for sea-sickness, the doctor charges at least £60.00 a shot,he didnt mention that did he.




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go to cruisecritic.com
and cruiseclues.com
you will find more information about the ship, the ports, packing information. have a good cruise.





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first week in july i went on a similar RC.

I went on voyager of the seas, and we went on a 7 day medcruise, villefranche, florence, rome, naples, and sicily.

if this is your first med cruise, as it was for us(we have always cruised the caribbean) it was alot different. The tours were long so it was wierd getting back right for dinner, and having a few hours then going to sleep, and waking up early for the tour the next day.

It was weird as we docked everyday with no days off until the last day, we woke up very early as the tours start early, and then getting back late.

so it was alot different from caribbean style cruising. If you went on a med cruise before then you know what im talking about.

On my cruise, there was a good mix. Not alot of young kids like in the caribbean but there was a good mix of adults and teens.

The best thing i can tell you is watch out for your stuff in italy. On my tours, at least 5 people got picked pocketed. Bring a god digi camera. Theres alot of nice picture spots and plenty of history. Also go to bed early as it is physically draining, but dont forget that one late night of fun, try and put that off until the last day.

And finally, enjoy yourself. UNfort we had an intersiting experience. As we left port late as when we went, one large group of people were late due to the london bombing. So we waited at port for a long time.

Also comming back, our air france flight was late getting into paris, and the paris airport is MASSIVE, so we couldnt make our connector to new york. But it was ok, as there were alot of people with us. They put us up in the worest hotel in the world. But it did give us a chance to go to paris and look at the sites and meet people. (trying to find someone who spoke english was alittle hard)

So traveling was alittle difficult. But the cruise itself was nice, you only really need to do a med cruise once, as you will see alot, but it was a good one. Remember the first and most important thing to do is enjoy yourself.


Edit: i dont want to scare u but the week b4 my cruise went brilliance of the seas had a illness problem, stomach virus was passed around. Im sure it is fine now, but they really made sure voyager was clean, with cleaning stations verywere.

Again i dont want to scare you but wash your hands often.





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went on similar cruise around med
wont go again just not my idea of holiday
make sure you take travel sickness pills you may need them or get injection from ship doctor straight away





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We took that cruise two years ago and wrote a full review of it on viewpoints.com. We really enjoyed it but it really doesn't give you much time to really explore each individual city.

Revise my paragraph please!!?

I'm writing a paper on transcedentalism and need some ideas to make my intro better...THANKS!!!
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Transcendentalism was a philosophy shown through the mind of Nathaniel Hawthorne in “The Scarlet Letter.” He engulfs the reader into a deep and rich sea of brilliance. In three areas, he expresses views on the philosophy of transcendentalism. I will explain those views so you understand the story just a little better.





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Nathaniel Hawthorne philosophy shows transcendentalism in his epic novel " The Scarlet Letter." He immerses the reader with his deep thought and perseption of transcendentalism. In three specific areas, he conveys his views of philosophy. I will begin to explain these aspects so you may understand this novel a bit better.





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Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of [Make sure to underline the titles of books!] "The Scarlet Letter," engulfs the reader with a rich sea of brilliant transcendentalism. Hawthorne expresses his views on the philosophy of trascendentalism in three areas: [list the areas].

Margot...THNX 4 UR COMMENTS..SUM MORE WRITE UPS..?

The first rays of the Sun touched the deep blue sea,
The dewy leaves woke up from their slumber,
The cock shouted cock-a-doodle-doo,
It is a new a beginning,
The first rays of the Sun touched the battlefield,
The swords lay shining on the ground,
The soldiers’ armours glistened,
The earth was covered in blood,
The soil soaked up the blood,
It is a new beginning.
The first rays of the sun touched an urchin on the street,
He was smiling in his sleep,
His face shone with brilliance of the shining ray,
A drop of dew fell on his dry hands,
It is a new beginning.
The first rays of the sun touched a race horse,
He was munching away to glory,
His white body shined like a star,
He broke free from the tethered rope,
It is a new beginning.
The first rays of the sun touched a million hearts,
They all woke up from their slumber,
The blindfold of hatred was replaced by shining eyes of happiness,
The people of the world came together and joined hands in unity,
It is a new beginning.
The first rays of the sun touched Mother Earth,
Darkness faded,
Dawn took over,
The streetlights went out,
The meadow and the brook built their friendship again,
The huge mountains stood over all,
But didn’t block the rays of the Sun from shining bright in the sky,
The clouds parted,
The sun shined bright in the sky,
It is a new beginning…….





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The concept is lovely. The repetition works. You use lots of examples to build to your point. The optimism, while some may think Pollyanna-ish, is almost infectious for those of us who tend in that direction. What you need to work on is "showing" not "telling." You are using cliches instead of painting pictures with unique combinations of words to draw for the reader what you mean to say. Even the phrase "new beginning" is a cliche. I am not saying cliches can never be used but I really think you need to enrich this poem with something of your own besides the concept. I had to laugh when I saw the asterisks. Is YA gone facist? I think a good cock-a-doodle-doo is good for everyone!
P.S. I don't cruise YA much these days anymore at all. I post my poems and do my critiques at The Critical Poet website.(criticalpoet.com)
Margot
OMG: YA just asterisked me!!!!!! It's true! A rooster can't even crow in his own language anymore! What is sun-rise coming to?

William Carlos Williams poem! HELP?!?!?!?!?

The Yachts

contend in a sea which te land partly encloses
shielding them from the too-heavy blows
of an ungoverned ocean which when it chooses

tortures the biggest hulls, the best man knows
to pit against its beatings, and sinks them pitilessly.
Mothlike in mists, scintillant in the minute

brilliance of cloudless days, with broad bellying sails
they glide to the wind tossing green water
from their sharp prows while over them the crew crawls

ant-like, solicitously grooming them, releasing,
making fast as they turn, lean far over and having
caught the wind again, side by side, head for the mark.

In a well guarded arena of open water surrounded by
lesser and greater crafts which, sycophant, lumbering
and flittering follow them, they appear youthful, rare

as the light of a happy eye, live with the grace
of all that in the mind is fleckless, free and
naturally to be desired. Now the sea whoch holds them

is moody, lapping their glossy sides, as of feeling
for some slightest flaw but fails completely.
Today no race. Then the wind comes again. The yachts

move, jockeying for a start, the signal is set and they
are off. Now the waves strike at them but they are too
well made, the slip through, though they take in canvas.

Arms with hands grasping seek to clutch at the prows
Bodies thrown recklessly in the way are cut aside.
It is a sea of faces about them in agony, in despair

until the horror of the race dawns staggering the mind;
the whole sea become an entanglement of watery bodies
lost to the world bearing what they can not hold. Broken,

beaten, desolate, reaching from the dead to be taken up
they cry out, failing, failing! their cries rising
in waves skill as the skillful yachts pass over.





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Is there a question?

Brilliance of the Seas Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship?

How old do you have to be to be able to go into the teen lounge?
Please don't answer if you don't know.





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Actually the age range is 12 to 17. 12 to 14 is the age range for "Navigators". Navigators are entitled to full participation in the teen program (see the links below).

Navigators - http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruis…

Teen - http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruis…

The Teen Center is open from 10:30 p.m.- 2:00 a.m. each evening. Navigators are welcome to come and hang out and join in activities, make new friends, and dance or just listen to music.

Activities Include:

Battle of the Sexes
Dancing Under the Stars
Learn to be a DJ
Movie Night
Talent Show
The 411
Karaoke
Pool Party
The Quest
Sports Tournaments
Rockwall Challenge
Scavenger Hunts
College Night
Video Game Challenge





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What do you think of this poem? any ideas for a title?

In the veil of a sunset, the gull prides and soars.
Who can convince you that the world isn't yours?
What sharpness of eye or shadow of day
could taint your brilliance of white to grey,
clip your wings and tame your beak
or humble your silent piety?

I wish I was like you; nameless and free
like the feeling that honours you, welling from me,
or the edges of land reaching out to the sea.





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I like the nature of timeliness in the poem. It rhymes just right. There is one point that needs more attention though. "or the edges of land reaching out to the sea." There should be another line to even the ending out. What about:
"I wish i was like you, nameless and free
like the feeling that honours you, welling from me
I reach for you, upon the evening breeze
like the edges of land reaching out to the sea..."
All in all, your poem was beautiful; keep writing =^-^=
~*WinglessAngel*~





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I love the questions asked, they remind me that such graceful creatures are garbage feeders. I guess I'm making an association with some of the loves of my life. If it were my poem (and it surely is not) I'd have to call it "You're not the gull of my dreams." Anyway, I'm glad we share the same ocean. It makes me feel as if we were neighbors.





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its good i like poems that ask questions that arent answered cause it kind of make you answer them for yourself
i made a poem in that style check it out :)





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wow, I can't remember the last time you used rhyme! I liked the way the first verse declined, lines shortening as meaning came into focus, point began to be made.

Title: "From Behind the Veil" or perhaps just "Soar" I like the simplicity of the single-word title.






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I've been waiting all day for one of your poems to delight me - but this isn't the one.
I mean't what about preens instead of prides? - but prides is better than preens, so ignore me.
you haven't given it your normal magic touch.

Call it Reflection

HI - please forgive me. I've read this again this morning - and boy was I wrong last night. I'd been on answers.yahoo too long. This morning I see it with new eyes.........I am speechless at my stupidity. I wasn't allowing myself to just read and enjoy.

Did anyone go to the royal Caribbean cruise brilliance of the sea from Barcelona?need to know more about it?

Did anyone go to the royal Caribbean cruise brilliance of the sea from Barcelona?need to know more about it?





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I answered your tips question above with most of this.

We cruised the Mediterranean on the Brilliance a couple years ago. Its a beautiful ship and my favorite, along with its three sister ships the Jewel, Serenade, and Radiance of the Seas ships.

When we cruised on the Radiance we did a 12 day cruise and it was rather tiring because there were parts of the tour when there was a port stop each day. But after you fly all that way you don't want to miss all of the historical things to see, especially Rome. I am not sure which port stops you will have but I'll tell you about the ones we did just so you know.

Our first stop was Nice/Monte Carlo and we did a tour that went first to a Medieval city of Eze, then to Monte Carlo and a casino and changing of the guard at the royal palace. That was nice but not a must do. If you go to where the Monte Carlo Casinos are it cost $10 a person to go in and you cannot take cameras and things in and its really not worth the price to see. There are much better casinos all over the US. the city of Nice was OK but you can really see that on your own from the ship rather than a tour.

Our next stop was Florence/Pisa and we did a tour of both cities. It was quick but I did not want to miss the Leaning Tower of Pisa. You really need a tour from the ship or on your own to see these.

Rome was our next stop and it is a good hour or more from the port city of Civitavechhia. So its not advisable to do Rome on your own, unless you goon the ship's tour that lets you do it any way you want. They drop you at a point in the city in the morning and then pick you up there later in the afternoon. We took a tour that went to the Vatican City and the Colosseum, plus lunch in an Italian restaurant. It was very nice; its should be in your book of tours. Our tour got to Rome later because of a traffic accident on the highway and then we got caught in traffic headed back to the ship and were an hour late. Good thing we were on a ship sponsored tour.

Mykonos is a beautiful place (if you go there) and you don't really need a tour. Just explore the town on your own. Same with Santorini. We did a tour that included a stop at a winery but it wasn't that great. On hind sight we could have just taken the tram up to the city and walked around the city.

In Athens we did a city tour that included the Acropolis. The Acropolis is a must but be prepared to walk up steep hills. We saw the city and the Olympic stadium but that was kinda passe.

Kusudasi (Ephesus) is a must and worth the tour. You have to do a tour as its a good ways from the port. We had a great tour guide. We did the tour that included lunch at a Turkish restaurant and that was nice.

In Naples we did a tour that went to Pompeii and to Sorrento to a lemon and Olive farm. The Pompeii part was great but not the lemon/olive farm. If you can do just Pompeii, skip the other.

Here's some advice from an experienced cruiser. First, check in at the cruise ports goes like this.

I have cruised out of Barcelona twice. In Barcelona the cruise port is right downtown; your cab/bus will have to go across a bridge to get to it so you cannot walk it. The port is about 30 to 40 minutes from the airport. Its a really nice port and RC has a nice procedure for getting you on the ship quickly.

Don't forget to print your Set Sail Passes as they check them first to be sure you are to sail at that date and time. You are supposed to print it off on your printer at home and bring it with you (one for each person in your cabin).

Then you get in line to go to a window to have your passport and other paperwork checked and to give your credit card so they can set up your on board cruise account. All transactions on ship are cashless. Everything you buy on ship goes on the cruise account established for you at checkin. You will need cash for things you buy off the ship in port stops, unless you use your credit card, but no cash on ship except to gamble in the casino.

Then the cruise lines take your photo at the check in desk; its embedded in the magnetic strip on your card. Then they issue you your cruise card which serves as your room key, pass to get off and on the ship in ports and your charge card for everything you buy on ship.

Then you and all of your carry on things (including handbags, camera, cell phone, and all packages) go through a scanner just like at the airport. Everything you are carrying goes on a belt to go through an X-ray machine, just like at the airport.
When you clear the scanner/x-ray machine you head to the gangway and put your card in the scanner to get on the ship.

As soon as you get on ship there will be lunch available in the Windjammer Cafe (its on the rear of the ship up top), so go eat and then you can explore the ship. You can also get in the pool and hot tubs if you brings swim wear in your carry-on.

You do have to watch out for pickpockets in Barcelona and in Italy's port stops. You have to be careful both when you are on your own and also when you are on tours/ with tour groups. Sometimes the pickpockets will try to disguise themselves as tourist by walking around with a camera hanging around their neck. DO NOT give the gypsies any money; if you give to one others will show up. They will also pick your pockets.

Both times that we cruised out of Barcelona we flew in a day early so we could rest up, adjust to the time difference and mostly so we would not have to worry about a flight delay or a missed flight.

Since Spain, Italy and Greece all use the Euro its a good idea to purchase some before you leave home (we ordered ours from our bank; took about 3 days). You will need Euros for the taxi to the hotel or port and you will use them in each city that you visit. If you go to Ephesus the markets there will take them (and US dollars) so there's no need to get Turkish currency. The purser's desk on ship has some currency but it can run out. If you have an ATM card you can get Euros from the ATM but I suggest using it only at a bank (not a streetside or shopping mall ATM) and then only as a last resort.





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Last year i went on Royal caribbean Voyager of the seas from Barcelona. Royal Caribbean ships are of a very high standard, the food is great, so is the entertainment. You'll have a blast! If those are the same destinations as we went to, they are all great as well! My only tip would be not to try and do the whole of Rome in one day like we did!





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I haven't but i saw a cruise special on the travel channel about it. Samantha Brown's 1st cruise! It looked very nice. Royal Caribbean is the BEST cruise line!! They have such nice staff and there are so many fun activities to do! Brilliance is a nice ship and the ports looked beautiful! If you need more information go to www.royalcaribbean.com and look it up. Their website is very helpful and full of info. have fun!!





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My best tip whilist in Barcelona is buy the T10 travel card available at any subway station. About 7 euros but allows up to 10 journeys train and/or bus. Great value for money!

Check out this website
http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/

Royal Caribbean Mediterranean cruise i need tips and things like that?

going to be on the brilliance of the sea




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I cruised the Mediterranean on the Brilliance a couple years ago. Its a beautiful ship and my favorite, along with its three sister ships the Jewel, Serenade, and Radiance of the Seas ships.

When we cruised on the Radiance we did a 12 day cruise and it was rather tiring because there were parts of the tour when there was a port stop each day. But after you fly all that way you don't want to miss all of the historical things to see, especially Rome. I am not sure which port stops you will have but I'll tell you about the ones we did just so you know.

Our first stop was Nice/Monte Carlo and we did a tour that went first to a Mideval city of Eze, then to Monte Carlo and a casino and changing of the guard at the royal palace. That was nice but not a must do. If you go to where the Monte Carlo Casinos are it cost $10 a person to go in and you cannot take cameras and things in and its really not worth the price to see. There are much better casinos all over the US. the city of Nice was OK but you can really see that on your own from the ship rather than a tour.

Our next stop was Florence/Pisa and we did a tour of both cities. It was quick but I did not want to miss the Leaning Tower of Pisa. You really need a tour from the ship or on your own to see these.

Rome was our next stop and it is a good hour or more from the port city of Civitavechhia. So its not advisable to do Rome on your own, unless you goon the ship's tour that lets you do it any way you want. They drop you at a point in the city in the morning and then pick you up there later in the afternoon. We took a tour that went to the Vatican City and the Colosseum, plus lunch in an Italian restaurant. It was very nice; its should be in your book of tours. Our tour got to Rome later because of a traffic accident on the highway and then we got caught in traffic headed back to the ship and were an hour late. Good thing we were on a ship sponsored tour.

Mykonos is a beautiful place (if you go there) and you don't really need a tour. Just explore the town on your own. Same with Santorini. We did a tour that included a stop at a winery but it wasn't that great.

In Athens we did a city tour that included the Acropolis. The Acropolis is a must but be prepared to walk up steep hills.

Kusudasi (Ephesus) is a must and worth the tour. You have to do a tour as its a good ways from the port. We had a great tour guide. We did the tour that included lunch at a Turkish restaurant and that was nice.

In Naples we did a tour that went to Pompeii and to Sorrento to a lemon and Olive farm. The Pompeii part was great but not the lemon/olive farm. If you can do just Pompeii, skip the other.

I don't know if you have cruised before so I am going to add a bunch of stuff that you may already know (but you asked for "tips"). So if you know this already just disregard the following (or as necessary parts of it).

Here's some advice from an experienced cruiser. First, check in at the cruise ports goes like this.

-You arrive at the port by car or bus and drop your luggage with a porter who works for the port, not the cruise line. So tip the guy a couple dollars at least. These people put all of the luggage in carts based on the luggage tags on your bags. The porters take your bags to the ship's doors and there ship's personnel send then through a scanner, one bag at a time just like at the airport, with someone watching content. I don't know for sure but my bet is they have dogs sniffing for bombs and other stuff too. Then your bags are delivered to your cabin door. If you are leaving from Barcelona the cruise port is right downtown; your cab/bus will have to go across a bridge to get to it so you cannot walk it. The port is about 30 to 40 minutes from the airport. Its a really nice port and RC has a nice procedure for getting you on the ship quickly.

Meanwhile you get in a line where they check first to see if you are even supposed to be there; RC uses a Set Sail Pass, a self print pass that says you are to sail at that date and time. You are supposed to print it off on your printer at home and bring it with you (one for each person in your cabin).

Then you get in line to go to a window to have your passport and other paperwork checked and to give your credit card so they can set up your on board cruise account. All transactions on ship are cashless. Everything you buy on ship goes on the cruise account established for you at checkin. You will need cash for things you buy off the ship in port stops, unless you use your credit card, but no cash on ship except to gamble in the casino.

Then the cruise lines take your photo at the check in desk; its embedded in the magnetic strip on your card. Then they issue you your cruise card which serves as your room key, pass to get off and on the ship in ports and your charge card for everything you buy on ship.

Then you and all of your carry on things (including handbags, camera, cell phone, and all packages) go through a scanner just like at the airport. Everything you are carrying goes on a belt to go through an X-ray machine, just like at the airport.

When you clear the scanner/x-ray machine you head to the gangway and put your card in the scanner to get on the ship.

As soon as you get on ship there will be lunch available, so go eat and then you can explore the ship. Your ship will have pools and hot tubs and a Solarium (a cover area) with a pool and hot tubs for adults only. This is in addition to the regular pool and hot tubs for everyone.

Each day you will receive in your cabin a newsletter telling you the times and location of all activities on the ship (other copies of this are usually available at the purser's desk). The cruise director will organize games and activities around the pool, especially on "at sea" days when there is no port stop. They may also have a midnight party on the pool deck with a buffet, music and dancing one night. Each night there will be a show and it is usually run twice so that no matter what time you go to dinner you can see the show. Your ships will have a channel on the TV in the room that recaps activities for the current and next day. If there is a port stop the next day your ship will have a presentation in the show room or a lounge that talks about where to shop; then this is repeated on TV.

WHAT AND HOW TO PACK

Always pack your passport and cruise documents in your carry on bag ONLY. ALSO, watch out for pickpockets in Barcelona and in Italy ports. Stay away from the Gypies who will be begging for money, they will rip you off. If you have not already planned for it its a good idea to fly to the departure port a day early so that you do not miss your cruise due to a flight delay or missed flight. Travel insurance is also a good idea. I have done 3 European cruises and got travel insurance each time (I use Travelex) and it did pay off on one of my cruises when the ship had to make a detour to a different end port and I had to make other arrangements to get to teh airport.

The dress on ship is casual all day until 6:00PM, so take:
-swim wear (at least 2),
-shorts, tank tops and "T's"
-sandals,
-beach shoes,
-your snorkel equipment if you have it,
-sun glasses and sun screen,
-lotions,
-a cap or big hat for the sun,
-a book if you are a reader,
-your music player,
-sneakers and clothes to workout in if you like to use the gym,
-good walking shoes,
-your camera, and
-other personal toiletries including tooth paste, mouth wash or lotions.

Your cabin will have towels and soap provided, including pool and beach towels, and a hair dryer. It will also have a generic hair shampoo so you do not need to bring that unless you like a specific brand.

After 6:00 PM they request that you wear "sports or resort casual" attire. That's attire that you would expect a person to wear in a business office, (like a bank employee), shirt with a collar, slacks, skirt, blouse, etc. You can still wear shorts and swim wear in the pools and spas but not in public areas like dining rooms and restaurants, show rooms, bars, casino, etc. Don't over pack , take clothes that you can mix and match tops and bottoms and plan to wear each piece twice. If you are going to the Caribbean you will likely be in shorts and/or swim wear most of every day so evening clothes don't usually get much wear.

Your cruise will have a formal night or two when you can wear your best stuff and get pictures taken, and maybe meet the ship’s Captain. The formal nights are REQUESTED not required attire. You will not be denied entry to the main dining room if you decide not to dress up, as long as you are at least sports casual. But most people do dress up. A gown or party dress for women and a suit or tux for men. Some people dress up both formal nights, some don't.

Packing Tips

- Its best to pack using soft-sided luggage because with space limited in your cabin it fits under the beds better if its not hard sided luggage.

- Pack using the vacuum clothing bags (about $20 for 3 at Target) so that you can get more in your bag AND so that if the TSA at the airport opens your bag they can see what's inside without rummaging through your things.

-Take a small carry-on bag for the last night of the cruise. On the last evening you will be required to put your luggage outside your cabin by about 2:00 AM so that they can start taking it down to the lower deck for offloading the next morning. So you will need a small bag for your toiletries and your clothes that you sleep in.

- If you can take a six-pack of bottled water and soft drinks in your carry-on for your cabin. You will have to pay for both on the ship and its nice to have those handy in the cabin.

- If you are taking your cell phone, MP3 player or other item that needs to be plugge





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Brilliance of the Seas is a gorgeous ship. There are pictures of her sister ship, Serenade, here: http://www.cruisesavvy.com/journals/savv…

In terms of general tips, if it's your first cruise, check out the Introduction to Cruises, which covers what a typical day is litle onboard, what costs to expect, etc.:
http://www.cruisesavvy.com/savvyguide/in…

For tips on getting ready, like a packing checklist, info on cell phones and internet, check out the Know Before You Go guide:
http://www.cruisesavvy.com/savvyguide/kn…

And more generally, if you're going to Kusadasi, do NOT miss the Greek ruins at Ephesis. It's the best excursion of any Eastern Med cruise. =)

Hope you have a great trip!

Has anyone taken a cruise at Christmas on the Brilliance of the seas?

If you have taken a cruise on the Brilliance. did you go to the Medditerranean? How was the weather in December. did you get much cold weather ( I consider 50' cold, I live in Alabama) I cruised on the Brilliance once and loved it.





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I cruised on the Brilliance in the Mediterranean a couple years ago. I love that ship also. We went in late October and the weather was perfect, like in the 70's during the day with a few showers in places on our port stops in Italy. We stopped in Florence/Pisa, Rome, and Naples, plus Athens, Mykonos and Santorini in Greece. I don't know what the weather would be like in December. But try this web site for some more information about the weather:

We also did another Med cruise in November to the western Med and the weather was great then also. A light jacket was all that was needed if any.
Have a great cruise.

Is my writing any good? ?

Sorry for my other post, which somehow got messed up. Here is the new, good one. Please give each piece a _/10 rating please!

Storm over the Sea

Rain sprinkled into the ocean like salt from a salt shaker. Waves charged at the shore like ranks of an army, bellowing savage war cries. The hordes of ocean battalions hurled themselves onto the sand, then receded and prepared for their next assault. The pulses of water plowed over a small ebony island in the distance.
The curve of the Earth and the gray sky blended to form a melancholy azure. The clouds that reigned over the water were dull as iron, yet sullen and formidable. As time wore on, rain descended in torrents, bombing the ocean with miniscule seeds of water.
Flocks of seagulls swarmed the shallows, scoping out prey for their young. They snared their targets and ascended to the heavens, until they vanished into the heavens. The sky appeared to be one, colossal cloud.
When the wind’s whistle degraded to not but a placid sigh, the waves serened themselves. The clouds parted and brilliant radiance streamed upon the ocean. Now the waves were tame ripples that licked the shores of the land. The dandelion-yellow sun smiled its jubilee upon the sea, which had changed moods in minimal time.
More gulls soared above the ocean water, admiring its endless expanse and conquering beauty. At last the ocean gleamed lustrously, emanating an air of peace and joy. It has completed Nature’s cycle, and prepared to repeat the process of weather alternations once again.
















Rain Storm’s Dominance

The glowing orb of effulgence suspended in the ocean-blue sky, which was also occupied by cumulus clouds. The white clouds sluggishly swam in the sky, paying no mind to the sweeping grasslands below them. But Nature’s hand was not idle: the cycle of weather was repeating again.
In the distance loomed ominous clouds, which patrolled the heavens gradually. The paved their way through the sky, demolishing clouds that rebelled their presence. As the two forces battled, the dark clouds unleashed a bellow: a roar that chilled the blood and clenched the heart for a split second.
The dark clouds effortlessly consumed the others, and the presence dominated the whole of the sky. With no white clouds to resist them, they traversed the sky and veiled the sun’s luster.
Now that the dark clouds tyrannized the terrain, they mustered their forces. They were silent, although they occasionally released a rumbling growl. The clouds initiated their assault by peppering the shadowed grasslands with rain. Its strength grew, and soon curtains of rain showered down.
The clouds unleashed their constructed rage by thrusting bolts of blinding electricity downwards. The strikes abruptly pinched the ground, which ignited crackling flames. The clouds seemed to defeat their own purpose though, for the rain swept down and extinguished the fire.
As more lightning crashed, strings of reports rang throughout the land. The thunder rolled and smashed, shattering the sky with a boom! and another snap of lightning. The land and sky endured hours of commotion, until the dark clouds grew weary. Their downfall was steady.
First, the rain slowed and eventually ceased. The lightning no longer exited, and the clouds shouted their weak and desperate cry of defeat. The clouds disintegrated, allowing the sun’s brilliance to prevail over sky and earth. The last wispy remnants of the clouds shrunk to nothing, subdued by Nature’s power.
Nature allowed the sun to gleam over the land, enjoying the happiness it brought. The rain clouds had been vanquished, their depressing forms replaced by puffy, white ones. But however much bliss the sun supplied the land, Nature had a responsibility to fulfill. She began working on the next step in her beautiful cycle.





Illusions of Happiness

We beings
can find happiness
in various places.

Some find it in wealth,
through expansive amounts
of money.

Some find it in power,
through the ability to
rule others,
and force them to do
their bidding.

Some find it in fame,
through others’ adoration
and devotion to them.

Some find it in beauty,
through health and
lovely physical appearance.

Although sometimes,
happiness, just like everything
else in the Universe,
is not but an illusion.

A simple illusion which
deceits most of us.

For greed snares opportunities
at pure happiness:

it forces our desire
for wealth, power, fame, and beauty
to escalate,
and twists it like a washrag.

Wealth conquers contentment,
and molds it into extensive lust.

And even when we are
satisfied,
greed deceives us,
and makes us unhappy,
until our sanity
is snuffed out.

Power becomes overwhelming,
and takes control of our
senses and awareness.

It is then that foolishness
forces us to become ignorant.

Fame is similar to power.
Power is similar to fame.
Either is obtained when
one is possessed.
And the consequences of fame
is equal to that of power.

And what does physical appearance
bring us?
Compliments? Smiles? Others’ devotion to
look like you?

These things will force you
to strive for
more, and more, and more,
until you destroy yourself
in your epic quest for
joy,
which was just an illusion.

Which of these best suits
you, dear friend?
Wealth, power, fame, or beauty?
Why not seek true happiness?

Look past the magician’s cunning tricks,
and search for happiness
that can only be found within
yourself and others.

True happiness
can be found by giving
elation to others.
To drop a quarter in a donation box,
to participate in a Walk for
Cancer, or Hunger, or other struggles.

But are these obstacles illusions as well?
Can someone who is starving,
or is pained by a disease
find true happiness also?

Anyone can find true pleasure,
but only if they wander
down the correct path.

Sometimes simple things are
where pure happiness is
found.

Like sitting ‘round a
crackling, welcoming fire,
surrounded by
brothers, sisters,
aunts, uncles,
grandmas, grandpas,
cousins,
mothers, and fathers.

Or a simple stroll down
a beach in the evening,
as the setting sun casts the clouds into
amalgamates of
orange, yellow, pink, and purple,
with the rippling waves
tickling your toes.

So I leave you with this
vague question:
Where will you find happiness?

Will you find it in
wealth,
power,
fame,
or appearance?

Or will you choose happiness through
bliss in unfortunate others,
family and friends,
or tranquil sanctuaries?

As said,
happiness is sometimes
an illusion,
and only the wise can truly
find inner bliss,
and elude the Illusions of Happiness





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why yes, what lovely personification =-]

William Carlos Williams poem! HELP?

The Yachts

contend in a sea which te land partly encloses
shielding them from the too-heavy blows
of an ungoverned ocean which when it chooses

tortures the biggest hulls, the best man knows
to pit against its beatings, and sinks them pitilessly.
Mothlike in mists, scintillant in the minute

brilliance of cloudless days, with broad bellying sails
they glide to the wind tossing green water
from their sharp prows while over them the crew crawls

ant-like, solicitously grooming them, releasing,
making fast as they turn, lean far over and having
caught the wind again, side by side, head for the mark.

In a well guarded arena of open water surrounded by
lesser and greater crafts which, sycophant, lumbering
and flittering follow them, they appear youthful, rare

as the light of a happy eye, live with the grace
of all that in the mind is fleckless, free and
naturally to be desired. Now the sea whoch holds them

is moody, lapping their glossy sides, as of feeling
for some slightest flaw but fails completely.
Today no race. Then the wind comes again. The yachts

move, jockeying for a start, the signal is set and they
are off. Now the waves strike at them but they are too
well made, the slip through, though they take in canvas.

Arms with hands grasping seek to clutch at the prows
Bodies thrown recklessly in the way are cut aside.
It is a sea of faces about them in agony, in despair

until the horror of the race dawns staggering the mind;
the whole sea become an entanglement of watery bodies
lost to the world bearing what they can not hold. Broken,

beaten, desolate, reaching from the dead to be taken up
they cry out, failing, failing! their cries rising
in waves skill as the skillful yachts pass over.





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Is there a question?

How does this sound to you?

Okay this was origionally some homework i did for English class, but it kinda morphed into a mini project when the teacher basicly licked my shoes (metaphoricaly speaking) and grovelled at my brilliance today in class. Its about the Titanic, sorry if its kinda long:

We had boarded the great ship, the ‘Titanic’ at around eight of the clock in the evening on Wednesday the tenth of April. The sun almost completely dipped beneath the watery horizon, a warped oval in the sea that glistened like a ruby looking-glass. Mother urged me to hold onto my hat, insistent that if I let go for even a minute, the Atlantic air would blow it right off my head and into the sea!
I gripped the edges of the little boat in my gloved hands. What a fine feeling it was, to be back on the sea at last! Many a woman never crosses it, or even looks upon its majestic beauty. It is a great velvet curtain that ripples in the wind and laps on the sandy shores of our beautiful French coast, maybe having travelled from a far away, exciting land where the sun shines bright, happy as it does on our homeland. Tiny waves caressed the sides of the boat, washing it with such harmless care.
“Blanche, careful you do not fall in now,” he warned in his rich, dark voice. He only put half his heart into it, while he stared into Mother’s eyes. Her head was outlined against the sunset, a bloody halo in a gruesome portrait where the only angel was Mother’s perfect face. Her blonde ringlets twisted like tiny bleached vines next to her pale face, lips like roses above her dainty chin and pretty nose, dusted with a few warm freckles. Her eyes were almost a whole new part of her face, they were so gorgeous. Deep pools of emeralds rose up above her cheekbones and rested under curving eyelashes, flecks of gold rimming coal-black centre. Apparently I look much like Mother, though I see little resemblance myself.
Before us, the ship loomed up above. Lights blared like tiny beacons through the perfectly circular portholes, and four massive chimneys belched smoke into the sunset. I did not gasp, like so many others did, it was merely another passenger liner to take us all to New York. What should be so special about this one? I had been told it was the biggest ship constructed by human hands. A strange image appeared in my mind of tiny men, flies in comparison to the huge bulk of the ‘Titanic’, darting between the bow and the stern, streaks of colour in their wake. Its ungainly, hulking form almost spoiled the beautiful ocean around it.
Our little boat was hauled up from the sea on huge ropes, thick as snakes. Dusk had set in, and we were the first boat to come up. It must have been quite a hassle to fetch the others from the water. Mother, Father and I stood in a small huddle near the wooden deckchairs. A uniformed steward came over to show us to our rooms.
“This way, please sir,” he said in a crisp English accent, and beckoned for us to follow. “Your luggage should have already arrived in your rooms.”
Inside, the smell of paint was acrid. Cigarette smoke tinted the air with a tangy dullness. Salt stung my unaccustomed nose. We were lead down a crisp white passageway, moderately unimpressive, to a lower deck. On the way, I was informed that I would stay in a separate room to my parents, but with a door leading to their room should anything unfortunate happen. I realized we must be in a staff corridor, a quicker route to the rooms. The steward pushed open a door and held it for us. Before us lay the Grand Staircase. Its polished wood was a sheet of glass that could not be seen through, and its great glass dome was like a bubble streaked with gold, stars shining through the inky night sky. Intricate carvings separated the glistening banisters from the stairs, carved cherubs waited in welcoming stillness at the foot of the stairway.
We walked through a rabbit’s warren of polished passages, past delicate doors and over resplendent rugs. It was much like our house in France. At last, we came to our room doors. Our baggage was already sitting neatly in the corner, unpacked by the hired maids and hung up in the wardrobes.
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The next evening, Father deemed it appropriate that we should dine with the other First Class passengers. I wore an elegant dress of blue silk, the precise shade of the night sky on the tenth of April. The sleeves came to just below my elbows, and Mother insisted I wear gloves, a tiny pair of lacy little things that snagged on my nails. A maid pinned my hair up, it being as brown and as thick as a chestnut, and pinned my hat on over the top. It was truly an amazing hat, deep blue with an indigo feather fastened to the brim.
Father wore his best suit, and Mother her favourite dress. We made our way to the Café Parisien. The walls were latticed wood painted in snowy white, all around the room tables and chairs lurked like waiting predators. Windows displayed the outside ocean like fine art. The plates






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Wow you can obviously write.
I like the style and the story. Are you doing like a whole book about the Titanic now then?

I need some help with these sentences, anyone can help?

Identify the error in the sentence using the following abbreviations
MM (Misplaced Modifier), SM (Squinting Modifier), DM (Dangling Modifier) or FP (Faulty Parallelism).

1. The rescue team almost arrived too late.

2. He knew what to hardly say.

3. Twisting the valve tightly shut, the fire hydrant stopped spewing water into the street.

4. The scientist received high marks for his brilliance and because he was humorous.

5. While gathering fish out of his net, a sea urchin stung the fisherman.

6. We enjoyed his company because of his stories and how he told them.

7. Mary noticed sometimes her hair was askew.

8. Admitting that he was partially at fault, the driver tried to not completely avoid taking blame.

9. While playing basketball in the driveway, my ball was punctured by a cactus.

10. Baring his teeth and growling, the mailman edged nervously away from the dog.

11. Dad said on the way to the game we would stop for ice cream.

12. Dillan tried to sweep the messy leaves from the roof with the broom.





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1. what grade are you in because that's hard
2. im sorry

Have you seen this article by Dennis Miller?

Dennis Miller is not Jewish and uses comedy to share some brilliant
comments.
He recently had the following to say about the Middle East situation:
"A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service
to all Americans who still don't get it, I now offer you the story of
the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, which is all you Really need.
Here we go:
The Palestinians want their own country. There's just one thing about
that: There are no Palestinians. It's a made up word. Israel was
called Palestine for two thousand years. Like "Wiccan," "Palestinian"
sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis
won the land in the 1967 war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, the West Bank was
owned by Jordan, and there were no "Palestinians."
As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as
basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Palestinians," weeping
for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation."
So for the sake of honesty, let's not use the word "Palestinian" any
more to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our
defeats until someone points out they're being taped. Instead, let's
call them what they are: "Other Arabs Who Can't Accomplish Anything In
Life And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of
Eternal Struggle And Death."
I know that's a bit unwieldy to expect to see on CNN. How about this,
then: "Adjacent Jew-Haters." Okay, so the Adjacent Jew-Haters want
their own country. Oops, just one more thing: No, they don't. They
could've had their own country any time in the last thirty years,
especially two years ago at Camp David. But if you have your own
country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage trucks and Chambers
of Commerce, and, worse, you actually have to figure out some way to
make a living.
That's no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew-Haters in the region
want: Israel. They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course
--that's where the real fun is -- but mostly they want Israel.
Why? For one thing, trying to destroy Israel - or "The Zionist Entity"
as their textbooks call it -- for the last fifty years has allowed the
rulers of Arab countries to divert the attention of their own people
away from the fact that they're the blue-ribbon most illiterate,
poorest, and tribally backward on God's Earth, and if you've ever been
around God's Earth, you know that's really saying something.
It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits waxes poetic
about the great history and culture of the Muslim Mideast. Unless I'm
missing something, the Arabs haven't given anything to the world since
Algebra, and, by the way, thanks a hell of a lot for that one.
Chew this around and spit it out: Five hundred million Arabs; five
Million Jews. Think of all the Arab countries as a football field, and
Israel as a pack of matches sitting in the middle of it. And now these
same folks swear that if Israel gives them half of that pack of matches,
everyone will be pals..
Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the string of wars to
obliterate the tiny country and the constant din of rabid blood oaths to
drive every Jew into the sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding.
My friend, Kevin Rooney, made a gorgeous point the other day: Just
reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred million Jews and five million
Arabs. I was stunned at the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone
picture the Jews strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to
themselves? Of course not.
Or marshaling every fiber and force at their disposal for generations to
drive a tiny Arab State into the sea? Nonsense. Or dancing for joy at
the murder of innocents? Impossible. Or spreading and believing
horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the blood of
children?
Disgusting.
No, as you know, left to themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews
would ever do to people is debate them to death.
Mr. Bush, God bless him, is walking a tightrope. I understand that with
vital operations in Iraq and others, it's in our interest, as Americans,
to try to stabilize our Arab allies as much as possible, and, after all,
that can't be much harder than stabilizing a roomful of super models
who've just had their drugs taken away
However, in any big-picture strategy, there's always a danger of losing
moral weight. We've already lost some. After September 11th our
president told us and the world he was going to root out all terrorists
and the countries that supported them. Beautiful. Then the Israelis,
after months and months of having the equivalent of an Oklahoma City
every week (and then every day) start to do the same thing we did, and
we tell them to show restraint.
If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City every day, we would
all very shortly be screaming for the administration to just be done
with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of the
Jordan.

Additional Details

This diatribe is actually part of a column by humorist Larry Miller which appeared in the Daily Standard on 22 April 2002. It is a reaction piece to a 10 April 2002 FOX News Network
interview conducted by Greta van Susteren with Ishmael Abu-Shanab, spokesman for the Hamas political wing in the Gaza strip, and American attorney Stanley Cohen, who has represented the head of Hamas.





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Actually, the author of this brilliant piece is Larry (not Dennis) Miller, also a comedian.





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hahahahaha
yeah he made me lough

Ramadan:My hijabi sisters/brothers even

Something I wanted to share with you....

The Flower vs. the Pearl

""""""ONE day, a brilliantly beautiful and fragrant flower with attractive colors met a pearl that lives far in the bottom of the sea and has none of these characteristics. Both got acquainted with each other.

The flower said:
"Our family is large; roses and daisies are members of the family. And there are many other species that are various and countless; each has a distinctive scent, appearance etc."

Suddenly, a tinge of distress appeared on the flower. "Nothing accounts for sorrow in your talk; so why are depressed?" The pearl asked.

"Human beings deal with us carelessly; they slight us. They don't grow us for our sake but to get pleasure from our fragrance and beautiful appearance. They throw us on the street or in the garbage can after we are dispossessed of the most valuable properties; brilliance and fragrance." The flower sighed.

And then the flower said to the pearl: "Speak to me about your life! How do you live? How do you feel it? You are buried in the bottom of the sea."

The pearl answered: "Although I have none of your distinctive colors and sweet scents, humans think I am precious. They do the impossible to procure me. They go on long journeys, dive deep in the seas searching for me. You might be astounded to know that the further I lay, the more beautiful and brilliant I become. That's what upraises my value in their thought. I live in a thick shell isolated in the dark seas. However, I'm happy and proud to be in a safe zone far from wanton and mischievous hands and still the humans consider me highly valuable."

Do you know what the flower and the pearl symbolize? Think, Think, Think... You will find that: The flower is the unveiled woman (who shows her charms) and the pearl is the veiled woman (who conceals her BEAUTIES). """"
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I hope to be a pearl soon too...I'd like to be a pearl at heart at most :)

Note that all flowers AND pearls don't go through the same thing...

That was for you sisters, hope you like it.

Wasalaam, Tinkerbell. :) :)





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Wa alaikum salam. Thank you for sharing a very nice story about the flowers and the pearls
I agree with you that muslim women who wear hijab/jilbab are like pearls and without hijab/jilbab are like flowers.
Isya allah all muslim women will be attractive pearls at the heart at most





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Alhamdullilah

Brothers, here is something I heard from a sister once, ..so concise and to the point that it doesn't need any further comment:

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"A Man without a beard, is like a Lion without his mane."





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MASHA'ALLAH! that was a BEAUTIFUL story! its so true.

thank you for sharing :)


may we all be pearls soon, insha'Allah.

AMEN.





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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I can use this to protect my innocent friends who are abused or not, juz to give them a reminder that a true pure soul is a really hard to find! Not to reveal insecurities by acting nice and yet hiding a stinky, hideous, broken-self deep inside, and picking on others juz to get attention! May God protect us, ameen.

A Dialogue Between A Flower And A Pearl?

One day, a brilliantly beautiful and fragrant flower with attractive colours met a pearl that lives far in the bottom of the sea and has none of these characteristics. Both got acquainted with each other.

The flower said:

“Our family is large; roses and daisies are members of the family. And there are many other species that are various and countless; each has a distinctive scent, appearance etc.”
Suddenly, a tinge of distress appeared on the flower.



“Nothing accounts for sorrow in your talk; so why are depressed?” The pearl asked.


“Human beings deal with us carelessly; they slight us. They don’t grow us for our sake but to get pleasure from our fragrance and beautiful appearance. They throw us on the street or in the garbage can after we are dispossessed of the most valuable properties; brilliance and fragrance.” The flower sighed.

And then the flower said to the pearl:
“Speak to me about your life! How do you live? How do you feel it? You are buried in the bottom of the sea.”

The pearl answered:
“Although I have none of your distinctive colours and sweet scents, humans think I am precious. They do the impossible to procure me. They go on long journeys, dive deep in the seas searching for me. You might be astounded to know that the further I lay, the more beautiful and brilliant I become.

That’s what upraises my value in their thought. I live in a thick shell isolated in the dark seas. However, I’m happy and proud to be in a safe zone far from wanton and mischievous hands and still the humans consider me highly valuable.”

Do you know what the flower and the pearl symbolize?

Think and You will find that:

The flower is the unveiled woman (who shows her charms) and the pearl is the veiled woman (who conceals her beauties).

Think about it!





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Salam W Alaikum.
This is beautiful mashaAllah!

With your permission I would love to email this to others inshaAllah





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Other religions value their women in different ways, but I think protection of virginity is of utmost importance in all religions.
There are many ways interpretted to keep purity important.
Christian fathers won't allow daughters to have revealing clothes for that same reason.

Can you bring pets on cruise ?

especially brilliance of the sea from royal caribbean cruises.





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No. Certified assistance dogs with the person they assist are allowed on board with the proper documentation, but pets of any kind are not allowed. The only exception for pets is with Cunard ships for Trans-Atlantic crossings, and the pet must stay in the kennel 100% of the time.





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No. No pets are allowed aside from registered service animals that have been pre-approved with RCL.

Think about all the extra problems that could come with allowing pets - including all the extra cleaning that would need to be done. Wouldn't be fun, even if it was allowed.





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I doubt it ....although when i went on ncl sky i did see a man withn a dog but i think it was for aa medical condition...he was blind.

Is Aquaventure (Atlantis, The Palm) Dubai, close to Port Rashid (Cruise Terminal)?

How long would it take in a taxi to go from Port Rashid, to Aquaventure (Atlantis the Palm) Dubai?
Would it be easier to go to Wild Wadi Water Park? How close is Wild Wadi to the Port Rashid?
Any idea how much would a taxi cost to go to Aquaventure and Wild Wadi from the Port?
Do you get a day pass to the parks? or isit just a couple of hours?
And what are the entrance fees to the waterparks?

Also you don't have to answer this (just a random question) onboard the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas (Dubai Cruise) is there a lot of Americans onboard or is the majority British?





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Wild Wadi is closer to Port Rashid compared to Aquaventure. But its just a 10-15 minutes drive from wild wadi to Aquaventure. From Port Rashid Via Sheikh Zayed Road it will take you around Dhs 50 and to aquaventure it will take you around Dhs 60-65. It takes around 30 minutes to be there in normal traffic conditions. If you take X 25 from the bus station towards Mina Al Siyahi, you can get down at Wild Wadi bus stop and it will take you around 45 minutes after you get into the bus. And if you plan to go Aquaventure, get down at the next stop from wild wadi and take a cab to aquaventure to a cab to the monorail and then the monorail. But taking a cab to aquaventure directly will be a bit cheaper compared to the monorail specially if you are more than 1 person.





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may be 30 or 40 minutes via Jumeirah road (lots of traffic lights) , it may be less thru SZR (longer route) but you could get stuck in highway traffic depending on time of day.
Next to port Rashid is Ghubaiba bus station , and you can just take the Sufouh bound bus , there is a bus stop in front of Wild Wadi. WW is not far from the Palm , but you need a car/bus to go between them. You can also reach the Atlantis Aquaventure by riding the Palm monorail from Nakheel building , which is where the Palm base starts. This building is just before the Royal mirage hotel on Sufouh road.

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If you don't have any luggage you may simply take the metro feeder bus to Bur Juman (mall) underground station (few KMs from port Rashid) , and ride the metro going west to Mall of Emirates station (it will cost less than 6 AED for the whole leg), then from MOE station you can take cabs and buses going to either wild wadi or the Palm. You may actually want to go inside MOE first to check out the indoor Ski facility there. This way you see more stuff , go faster than the bus (which makes stops & slowed by traffic lights!), and pay less even.
If you choose to use the Palm monorail it costs 15 AED one way or 25 round trip to Atlantis. (each leg of the track is 6 KMs)

Wi-Fi OnBoard Royal Caribbean?

I am planning to go to a cruise around europe on the royal Caribbean i am going to take my laptop and i was making sure on the site that they have WI-Fi but they said " Windows " and i have a macintosh am going on Brilliance of the seas .. if anyone has any information please let me know as soon as possible
Thanks.





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You should be fine. Wifi works the same one all types of computers. It was designed that way.

Its probably just something they didn't really think about.





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They have wifi. They also have a bank of computers you can use, They charge by minute. Best bet is to purchase a bunch of minutes. Sometimes you can track down discount coupons for WiFi minutes. Check their web site for them. You will also be able to use your Cell phone. Att minutes are cheaper on Royal Caribbean than Verizon cell minutes. Both are cheaper than using your room phone to phone home.

What do you think of my short story-im not sure how to paragraph and will find out so please bear with me?

I was searching through my attic yesterday and found this very old painting.It was of a seascape and looked remarkably beautiful.It showed a lighthouse in the distance and a ship at sea.I felt maybe it was done for an ancestor of mine or maybe an ancestor even painted it.Either way i had to learn of the mystery surrounding it asap. I left it alone and went down to my kitchen and picked up a magazine.As i was flipping through the pages i saw what appeared to be the painting but it was mildly different. I looked at the artist who did this work and wrote her name down.As i searched the net i found a website for her and contacted her on this prized art of mine to see if she had actually drew it or had commissioned it. She said she hadnt and it was another good artist with similar tastes as i had sent her a scan of it.Well she then called back a day later and announced she had a hit of the artist as they won a contest in the same magazine i mentioned with a grand prize of 5,000.This was the annual award for best new artistic talent.It was a relative of mine who had passed away a short time ago.She never had any real artistic ability as far as i remembered.So it was a strange thing indeed. She somehow managed to make such a fabulous and visually stunning work that i thought it looked professional enough to be sold at a top art gallery.I even tried to paint the scene myself and im a good amateur artist but nothing even close to this brilliance. So after putting down the canvas and paints i decided to ask my family if they knew Aunt Milly to be an artist as it was def her work.Or someone pretending to be her.I could tell by the many samples left behind which werent bad but not even as good as this work.They were not sure as i had them over for coffee.The six of us chatted for about an hour as to the art and her life.After many hugs we departed and that was that for the family reunion. Still i needed to know how she came up with this awesome painting.I then decided to look in the attic again for any valuable clues.As i opened a sock draw i came across an envelope and it had a letter inside. It read,Dearest Gertrude,i hope all is well when you read this letter.I had a hunch you would one day find this letter as the painting was in an obvious place.Keep it all the days you live and cherish it as its from my heart to yours.I painted it all myself but enlisted in art lessons to aid me in this endeavor.Im not the artist type at all but did practice for several moths before finally getting a fine line for drawing,love milly.So that solved the caper and even if it hadnt anything to do with her hand id still call it a keepsake and never sell it,some things you just cannot assess a pricetag on or swap for anything.






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hops about too much - trying to cram too much in - language seems a bit juvenile

Can you bring pets on cruise ?

especially brilliance of the sea from royal caribbean cruises.





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No. Certified assistance dogs with the person they assist are allowed on board with the proper documentation, but pets of any kind are not allowed. The only exception for pets is with Cunard ships for Trans-Atlantic crossings, and the pet must stay in the kennel 100% of the time.




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No. No pets are allowed aside from registered service animals that have been pre-approved with RCL.

Think about all the extra problems that could come with allowing pets - including all the extra cleaning that would need to be done. Wouldn't be fun, even if it was allowed.





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I doubt it ....although when i went on ncl sky i did see a man withn a dog but i think it was for aa medical condition...he was blind.





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probrably, if you supply it with its needs like food and water, and definatley bring a cage

Question about royal caribbean cruise stateroom suites?

i wanted to get the royal family suite on brilliance of the sea.
but when i went online and view the floorplan, i couldn't find it.
i went on princess and it had something simliar but it is more of 2 suites with a connecting living room.
so is the one of royal caribbean the same thing ?





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Yes, the Royal Family Suite on the Brilliance of the Seas has a living room, and two separate bedrooms, as well as two bathrooms. The link below has all the details about the Royal Family Suite. The second link has a layout. On the Brilliance the RFS are at the back of the ship.




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go to this website and it shows u the brillance of the seas royal family suite in a 360 view

ps u will have to go down the page a little bit and u want to click on either the 360 tour or enlarge image depending on what u want to look at

I need some help with quote language.?

Hey!

I need to comment on the language of this quote:

“The moon was sharply defined crescent and the sky was perfectly clear. The stars shone with such fierce, contained brilliance that it seemed absurd to call the night dark. The sea lay quietly, bathed in a shy, light footed light, a dancing play of black and silver that extended without limits all about me.”

1) The moon was sharply defined crescent : is this a metaphor?

2) The sea lay quietly, bathed in a shy, light footed light, a dancing play of black and silver: is moon's light being compared to a play? is this a metaphor to?

and in general, do you notice any other literary elements in the above quote?

Any help would be really appreciated! Thank you!





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1) I would say that it is imagery rather than a metaphor because a crescent moon is a shape that is commonly used to describe how the moon looks on that particular evening

2) I think it is just using imagery for you to imagine what exactly the setting is rather than metaphors. But I don't know your teachers mindset and how she would grade it. The moonlight is shining and glimmering on the sea like dancing lights, and it entertains her almost as if she was watching a play.

Sea lay quietly is personification because it gives human like characteristics to an inanimate object.

Don't say they are metaphors unless she specifically asked for them because I couldn't find any. It is mostly just vivid imagery

Also what is that from? If the author is that descriptive in her writing I want to read the book.

What's your take on this still developing story I've written?

Kirsten took a longing glimpse out of the window one last time. Her parents, her friends, everything that was part of her had vanished. She would make sure of it. She had to. For now she has been stripped down of her identity. She is no longer an Osworth. She is now a Leighton, en elite. She clenched her fists and she felt a rush of pang in her heart. Avery Dianne Leighton. Avery Dianne Leighton. Kirsten thought to herself over and over again, letting the reality to seep into her mind. But she couldn't stop the mighty guilt that was building up inside of her. Kirsten was ashamed. She had murdered Avery in cold blood and made it look an accident. It was never part of the plan. But in the heat of the moment, her foolishness and fury had blurred her judgement. A gun shot between the eyebrows and blood came gushing out. Avery's pulse had stopped, her heart forever silenced. It was a treacherous way to die. It was a mistake. A huge unforgivable mistake that would haunt Kirsten for the rest of her life. No. No. No.What's done is done. Kirsten couldn't look back now because she had a plan that would at least give her the chance to make up for her past, to undo the damage. That plan is to hop onto a private jet to Princeton and live the life of luxury as Avery Dianne Lieghton. Her grip started to loosen as she imagined of her plan of brilliance.

Kirsten's phone ringed off the hook. She was startled by it. Her hands perspired with fear. Who could it be? No one knew of her whereabouts, let alone her contact number. She took a second to get a grip of herself and in an instant, flinged open the top cover of her phone. A message alert had popped up on the screen. It was a text message from an unknown number. Kirsten had already figured. Her pulse immediately raised and her blood thumped so quickly she suddenly found herself gasping for air. She was appalled by what was inscripted in the message. It was as though, unfathomable.

I know what you did to Avery Dianne Leighton. You are going to be sorry about it.

Kirsten's heart skipped a beat. Her head started to whirled in mad turns. She let the phone slip out her hands and hit the frigid floor. She was in state of shock and she stood there still for a long time, thinking. Thinking hard. Who knows? Who? Kirsten flooded her mind with questions. Was it Detective Hopkins? Had he figured out that it had been Kirsten on the phone blackmailing him all along? Was he playing her tricks on her now? Or was it Agnus Delaney? The powerful girl who ruled Winston High and knew about every discrete detail possible. Could it be her? Kirsten felt vulnerable and despaired. She could no longer see the light at the end of the tunnel. She cringed at the thought of having to go back to her miserable life behind bars. Slowly, she could feel her knees tremble. She collapsed onto the ground, burying her face in her hands. Tears prickled the back of her eyes and she squeezed her lids tight, willing the moisture not to betray her. It's not over. Kirsten found solace in that thought. So she stood up and wiped the tears off her porcelain face, feeling pathetic. She was in desperation. She knew right then and there that she needed a contingency plan. She needed to keep going as there are no detours up to this point. Her stomach spun, her mind reeled with the possibilities of an exit strategy out of this whole mess. She took a deep breath of the sea crisp air and let it calm her senses. Kirsten had always utilized her pragmatism to deal with things and now came a time where those skills would come in handy. Everything that she had worked for hinged on this moment and Kirsten was not about to give up.





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I think the amount of detail is great, the only thing I found was the names 'Avery' and 'Kirsten' were a tad repetitive, try changing a couple to pronouns. Only my opinion, people may disagree.





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It is a fantastic start. It grips you as soon as you read it, which always sells. You must grip the reader at the start. You go into a lot of detail, yet not so much detail that it bores you. The other thing that is fantastic is your grammar. Most authors write and write and don't stop to check spelling errors or bad punctuation, until they finish it, print it out (unless it's hand-written) and do another copy, making sure they correct their previous mistakes (But i would imagine this would take forever!). I think you have a great gift and i think you should keep going!!!

Have you danced the love dance????!!!! Poem by me, I'm so happy! I'm 14! Please comment!!!?

The Love Dance

I am in the centre of a thousand clover gazes, the flourishing vein-
On a dark, star fish pressed leaf. An ivy infant in a world of moss.
I slam my heels beneath the lantern kindled roof, shuttered from the rain,
And pass my elbow to a coal stained hand, we dance in the symmetry of a ribboned cross.

Amongst so many merry hearts, we sail down the wooden path,
Fringed with curls of laughter and pairs of withered hands that birth this love song.
Clapping together beside the trill weaving of the whistle's nectar laugh,
Side stepping down the clamour of captivated lovers, twisting through the throng.

I have fallen into the lover's spectrum of emerald waters, the lily spray on opal hearts,
Cleansing us both in a fall of moon dappled lace, frayed with the spark of rose thread.
The sun pours honey down onto our sweet, young souls. Blessing us in the sky's roaring arts,
For the sky is the sea and the sea is the sky! Dance with me! Dance until dead!

With music to embrace our shamrock hearts, we will delve into the waters-
The crystal marine sheets of thickened brine, o'er parchment fingers, locked in white spray.
I am the swiftly sailing maiden, the young heart of seven sun caressed daughters,
In this jubilation of brilliance I shall honour my father, who blessed me on this day!

Joyous, joyous are we beneath the bruise of thunder on a rolling sky,
Beneath a dew paled, amber cut sunrise that grapples for us in her locket of awe.
From the wondrous flames of autumn canopy, to the rippling waters of July,
I fell swiftly into this dance of love, bounding over the oak cut floor.





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This is really really really good
Keep writing, and I think you should songwrite too. If you are a god singer... Wow. Or if you're not just get royalties for writing songs. =D